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Crossing the Bay Bridge (cables, foreground)
I fixate on the flags. They all say: America,
America, America.... Why so many flags?
Maybe because the land has been so recently
and hotly contested--first invaded by Spain with
its conquistadors and missionaries (that's
muscular Christianity), then briefly controlled by
a newly independent Mexico, then usurped by
America as a bonus for
defending
slavery in Texas
(see
la intervención norteamericana).
Where else would you see so many of a
country's flags? North Korea, probably.
For more on nationalism gone gaga, read
Vonnegut's
A Man without a Country. |
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